Rachel's on the move

..to the "mobiles" part of St. James! Yesterday at day care, Drew found a note attached to Rachel's daily report charting how much she eats, pees, poops and sleeps. It seems that she is rapidly outgrowing the playmat in the infants section, so the day care ladies are planning to bring her to the mobiles section for "visits" until she is ready to move there permanently.

She STILL doesn't seems to crawl much at home, but maybe that's because I tend to hold her a lot. Tomorrow night I'll let her have playmat time while I sit nearby, reading the newspaper or a book.

And tonight she gets her first newspaper assignment. I plan to take her to a neighborhood meeting in North Portland, to listen to how people feel about a police precinct closing because of budget cuts. Drew's in Seattle, our families don't live in town, so...I'll be toting Rachel to the meeting. My hope is that there will be other kids there (or at least enough understanding adults) who won't mind the presence of a 7-month-old. And who knows, it may get me better interviews!